Cheng Lianyuan (; born December 1961) is a Chinese politician, and current

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

of Kunming, the capital of

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

province. Born in Beijing, Cheng graduated with a degree in engineering at the

Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology (), also called Beijing Polytechnic University or Bei Gong Da (), is recognized as one of the Project 211 universities. The university has established a multidisciplinary academic structure, offering a variety ...

. He began work as a mechanical factory worker, he then worked in a series of management roles at different companies in the capital. He entered the municipal government to head up the department of Industrial Advancement. Then he became district governor of

Chaoyang District, Beijing Chaoyang District () is a core district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the southwest, Dongcheng, Xicheng and Haidian to the west, and ...

, then in July 2012 he was named Chaoyang District party chief. In July 2015 he was named party chief of Kunming.

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